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Study and Teach Fine Art Techniques Oil Painting Techniques by A. L. Antonov Topic #15

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"stil life painting for critique (Archive from older forum)"

anwar
« on: 04. Jul 2002 at 21:35 »
Hi, My mame is Anwar. Ive recently recieved a B.F.A. in painting and am in the midst of producing a set of paintings suitable for gallery representation. Ive been persueing a realist style against the grain of my peer. My painting approach is very direct essentially alla-prima oil on canvas. My palette is very close to what Anatov suggests. "Pears and Lace" is my latest pic. I had been pushing for a smoother look and Ive got it. I am not sure if I like the lack of impastoe. It looks maybe too careful. But I love the handling so much so I am sticking with it. I think the painting is pretty nice but perhaps boring. Any suggestions for creating a stronger impact.....?

alright I had some trouble with the lace/doilie. It looks alittle clumpy dont yaou think? I used an ordinary photograph of the painting and scanned it. Is it really too blurry to critique? Shall I take a slide instead?
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Alexei Antonov
« Reply #3 on: 23. Jul 2002 at 23:31 »
Hi, Anwar: sorry for delay. Probably Delay is my nickname
I crop away your frame if you don't care.
Composition balanced well.
Subjects get together very Natural.
Hope you didn't put a varnish on.
Texture of lace and knife handle need to be done more precisely. Hopefully brightest spots did not performed with open white and you have some tonal space for sharper details.
Little bit Correction of the plate ellipses is required.
Pairs has to perfect and similar shapes, little bit of birthmarks here and there will not bother.
Think about put something on the plate like very small details: water drops, couples seeds, or something.
Alexei
P.S.
Photos will be OK. Only, Please make more closed up original shots.
And please feel free to correct my grammar.

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anwar
« Reply #4 on: 24. Jul 2002 at 19:52 »
Hello Alexie, Thanks for your responce. By the way your English is a lot better than my Russian! Is Russian your native language? I am not sure. I agree with you about the texture on the lace but I see nothing wrong with the knife handle accept the hi-light on the right. Perhaps a little too bold? I am using Titanium White and it is a bit indelicate...unlike Flake White which does work better but can be poisenous so I see if I can avoid it. I cant maybe. I see what you mean about the elipse on the plate. Hmmm I think its O.K. no need for fixing even though it would be easy. I did not varnish. But open white was used on the lace. Perhaps I can glaze a touch darker and work wet in wet. Burnt Umber seems the right glaze color to start with. I was concidering adding cherries. A little bit of purple seems a good choice. Water drops? Tiny seeds? Hmmm I think I like that idea.....Thanx Anwar
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anwar
« Reply #5 on: 28. Jul 2002 at 19:04 »
Alexie and others,
I am looking at the painting above in real life and I am beginning to see what you were saying about putting some small objects in there etc.. I am coining the term "ďncidentals" to stand for this sort of subject matter. Yes, incidentals can be used to sort of tell a little story by pointing toward the "ďncident" which left the still life. Up until recently I looked to still life painting as a purely aesthetic undertaking having to do only with color choice composition etc...Recently I have discovered that folks mostly care about narrative. No reason why a painting could not be both aesthetically pleasing and narratively suggestive ay? Yep I think that would give the picture a little more impact sure.

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1. "RE: stil life painting for critique (Archive from older forum)"

i cant commenton the technique. you handle paint relly well. the ellipses in the plate are off. i struggle with ellipses sometimes, especially foreshortened. you might even say i sometimes dread them.

anyway, the thing i notic about thi piece, the main impression it made on me when i first looked at it, is that the composition is reminiscent of an infinity symbol, at least to me. since im guessing that you werent making a statement about pears and their eternal cycle of flowers, (if you were, im sorry, and great job) bloom, food, etc, keep an eye out for that sort of thing in your compositions. one thing i did for an illustration final project looked like the star of david, which i didnt notice, and was very chagrined to have everyone in the class go "i like your piece. i too, see the star of david."

great job on the painting though.

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